WINTER RIVER - New 14"x11" Original Oil, Framed

Studio No. 2815 - WINTER RIVER (From the High Road, Northern New Mexico) - New 14"x11" Original Oil on Canvas, framed.  Completed 12/15/15.  Preview/Purchase.

THE LITTLE RED FENCE ON PERALTA STREET - Prints, greeting cards, great gift items...

THE LITTLE RED FENCE ON PERALTA STREET (Taos, New Mexico) - Fine art prints, greeting cards and other great gift items now available at Fine Art America.

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE - Fine art prints, greeting cards, great gift items....

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE (Somewhere in northern New Mexico) - Fine art prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and great gift items now available at Fine Art America.

DON JUAN'S PARADISE - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, Great Gift items....

DON JUAN'S PARADISE (Valdez, New Mexico) - Fine art prints, greeting cards and other great gift items now available at Fine Art America.

TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, Gifts....

TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS (Taos, New Mexico) - Fine art prints, greeting cards, great gift items now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

GARCIA PARK - Fine art prints, greeting cards, gifts.....

GARCIA PARK (Taos, New Mexico) - Fine art prints, greeting cards, great gift items now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

MORNING POEM - Prints, Greeting Cards, Gifts....

MORNING POEM (Taos, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other great gift items now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

WINTER DREAMS - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, Gifts...

 

WINTER DREAMS (Truchas, New Mexico) and PUEBLO MORNING LIGHT (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)  - From an original Donna Clair oil painting - fine art prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards, and great gift items now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

CAMINITO DE TESUQUE - New 30"x24" Original Oil

Studio No. 1315 - CAMINITO DE TESUQUE - New 30"x24 Original Oil on Belgian Linen - completed 11/26/15 - now available - Preview/Purchase.

GIVING THANKS.....

11/24/15 -

Giving thanks today - tremendous gratitude for all the likes and wonderful comments from my Art Friends.....as some of you know, this has not been an easy year for me but as of this morning I am still here in my little studio in Tesuque, have just had a delicious cup of coffee and am getting ready to set up a new palette in preparation to sit down at the easel and paint for most of the day. Your kindness and support have made all the difference in my life these past eleven months. Wishing each and every one love and peace - thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

CAMINITO DE TESUQUE - 30"x24" Original Oil - Work in Progress

Studio No. 2715 - CAMINITO DE TESUQUE (Tesuque, N.M.) - 30"x24" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - Work in Progress - luminous late afternoon light after a snowstorm - about half way there!  Stay tuned!

HOME FIRES - 6"X8" Original Oil, Framed

HOME FIRES (Tesuque, N.M.) - 6"x8" Original Oil on Panel, Framed - Preview/Purchase.

LA SENDA DESCONOCIDO - New 22"x28" Original Oil

LA SENDA DESCONOCIDO (A Path Unknown, New Mexico) - New 22"x28" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - Completed 11/8/15.  Preview/Purchase.

LA SENDA DESCONOCIDO - 22"x28" Work in Progress

Studio No. 2615 - LA SENDA DESCONOCIDO - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Glazes).  Color notes: Glazes are the transparent or semi-transparent oil colors applied over the underpainting.  This step in my process adds depth to the final painting.  Sky: Cobalt Blue, Cerulean, Thalo.  Mountains: Darks - Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Lighter areas: Chrome Oxide Green, Yellow Ochre.  Brush: Combinations of Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, some sky colore, Dioxazine Purple and Prussian Blue.  Road:  Holbein Rose Grey and Yellow Ochre.

HOMENAJE A LA VIDA....

Homenaje a la Vida - A very large painting I did years ago - Mexican women mourning - honoring the lives of loved ones now gone. I love the strength of these women - the power in their faces - the way they have come together. Lighting a candle today..... This painting was purchased by Jack and Bill, the founders of Artisan/Santa Fe when they first opened their store - and as far as I know was passed along and still resides in Santa Fe.

WINTER GIFTS - Prints, greetings cards, great gift items....

WINTER GIFTS (Memory of my grandmother, Ella, who went everywhere with her bag full of goodies - I placed her on the main road in Truchas - my favorite grandma in my favorite place!) Now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other great gift items. Take the armchair tour of my Fine Art America website - enjoy! 

WINTER DREAMS - Prints, greeting cards, gift items....

WINTER DREAMS (Road home to the horse ranch on Llano Quemado - Truchas, N.M.) Now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other great gift items. Take the armchair tour of my Fine Art America website - enjoy!

CORAZON SAGRADO (Rio Chiquito, N.M.) - 40"x30" Original Oil

CORAZON SAGRADO (Rio Chiquito, New Mexico) - 40"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen now available for purchase.  Preview/Purchase.

GARCIA PARK - 30"x60" Original Oil

GARCIA PARK (Taos, New Mexico) - 30"x60" Original Oil on Belgian Linen now available for purchase - Preview/Purchase.

SOLITUDE - 6"X8" Original Oil

SOLITUDE (Placitas, New Mexico) - 6"x8" Original Oil on Gessoed Panel - Sold.

ON THE EASEL NOW - WORK IN PROGRESS - 22"x28" A PATH UNKNOWN

Studio No. 2616 - A PATH UNKNOWN (Una Senda Desconocido) - Work in Progress (underpainting) - 22"x28" Original Oil on Linen.  Color Notes:  Colors are mixed with MG Underpainting White and distilled turpentine and applied with a bristle brush.  Sky: Cerulean Blue, a touch of yellow ochre.  Mountains:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Yellow Ochre (light areas) and Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna and Chrome Oxide Green Opaque for darks.  Grasses and path:  Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red, Mars Orange, Indian Red.  Shadows:  Dioxazine Purple.

ASPENS AT HYDE PARK (Santa Fe, New Mexico) - New 11"x14" Original Oil

ASPENS AT HYDE PARK (Santa Fe, New Mexico) - New 11"x14" Original Oil on Linen, Framed. (Sold - Ithica, N.Y.)

A FEAST OF COLOR!! 100 Images now available as prints, greeting cards...

Happy Monday morning from Tesuque Village! - At the urging of a new friend on Facebook, I began building a new website about four months ago.  Went through years and years of archival photography and chose what I believe to be 100 of my best images to be included in my FINE ART AMERICA page - there are so many choices and a multitude of combinations - regular prints, prints on canvas, prints framed and unframed - greeting cards for all seasons - and for the first time international sales!  Please take a peek - and if you like what you see, share this announcement with your friends and family.  My sincere thanks to all for your enthusiasm and support through all these years.  Best regards, Donna 

FINE ART AMERICA

HIGH COUNTRY AUTUMN - Prints, greeting cards.....

HIGH COUNTRY AUTUMN (near Mora, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting - new extensive portfolio of images now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available from FINE ART AMERICA.

SUENOS DEL RIO - Prints, Greeting cards....

SUENOS DEL RIO (Rio Grande at Pilar, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting - new extensive portfolio of images now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available from FINE ART AMERICA.

CALLECITA DE TESUQUE - Prints, Greeting Cards

CALLECITA DE TESUQUE  (Tesuque Village, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting - new extensive portfolio of images now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available from FINE ART AMERICA.

PUESTA DEL SOL - Prints, Greeting Cards...

PUESTA DEL SOL (Taos, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting - new extensive portfolio of images now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available from Fine Art America. 

WALKING RAIN (Taos, N.M.) - New prints, greeting cards...

WALKING RAIN (Taos, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting - extensive new portfolio of images - prints, greeting cards and other related items now available at Fine Art America.

COUNTRY LANE (Tesuque, New Mexico) - New prints, cards...

COUNTRY LANE (Tesuque, New Mexico) - from an original painting - new prints, cards and other related items now available at Fine Art America.

LLANO SAN JUAN - New prints, greeting cards....

LLANO SAN JUAN - From new  image portfolio - prints (framed and unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available at Fine Art America.

ASPEN SHADOWS - New prints, greeting cards....

ASPEN SHADOWS (Garcia Park, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting new image now available as prints, greeting cards and other related items at Fine Art America.

CHIMAYO - New prints, greeting cards...

CHIMAYO (Chimayo, New Mexico) - Now available as prints (framed and unframed), greeting cards and other related items - Fine Art America.

NIGHTSKY WANDERERS - NEW 40"x40" Original Oil

Studio No. 2315 - NIGHTSKY WANDERERS - New 40"x40" Original Oil on Canvas.  Completed 9/15/15.  Preview/Purchase.

NIGHTSKY WANDERERS - New 40"x40" Work in Progress (Glazes)

Studio No. 2315 - NIGHTSKY WANDERERS - New 40"x40" Work in Progress (Glazes) - Color Notes:  Working glazes over the thoroughly dry underpainting.  Glazes are oils (usually the darker colors) thinned  to a medium transparency with painting medium (not turpentine).  Foreground:  Darkest darks are Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Olive Green, some Italian Pink.  Middle ground:  Scumbling over the darker blue underpainting with a fairly dry bristle brush - Naples Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Permalba white, Rose Red and some Cadium Red.

EL RITO DEL NORTE - 20"x16" Original Oil

EL RITO DEL NORTE (Garcia Park, New Mexico) - 20"x16" Original Oil on Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner - now available for purchase. 

SUNSET MEMORY-TAOS, NEW 15"x30" Original Oil - Sold

SUNSET MEMORY-TAOS - New 15"x30" Original Oil on Canvas.  Completed 9/4/15.  Sold.

HARVEST MOON (Near Chupadero, New Mexico) - from an original oil painting - new prints, greeting cards and other related items are now available from my new portfolio of images at Fine Art America.

ELEGY FOR SUMMER (Vadito, New Mexico) - Prints, greeting cards.....

ELEGY FOR SUMMER (Vadito, New Mexico) - from an original oil painting, prints, greeting cards and other related items now available for purchase from my new web portfolio at Fine Art America.

GARCIA PARK (New Mexico) - New Portfolio

GARCIA PARK (New Mexico) - You are invited to visit my new portfolio of images now available as prints, greeting cards and other related items at Fine Art America.

CANTO HONDO - New portfolio - prints, etc.

CANTO HONDO ("Deep Song" - Llano San Juan, New Mexico) - New portfolio - prints, greeting cards and other related items now at Fine Art America.

WINTERLIGHT - 48"x36" Original Oil

WINTERLIGHT - 48"x36" Original Oil on Belgian Linen now available  - Sold

SUMMER LOVE - New 8"x10" Original Oil

Studio No. 2015 - SUMMER LOVE (Taos, New Mexico) - New 8"x10" Original Oil on Gessoed Panel, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 8/25/15.  Preview/Purchase.

LA CASA VIEJA, New 10"x8" Original Oil

Studio No. 2115 - LA CASA VIEJA (Taos, New Mexico) - New 10"x8" Original Oil on Gessoed Panel, Framed in Silver with Linen Liner.  Completed 8/25/15.  Preview/Purchase.

SUNSET DREAMING - 10"x10" Original Oil (Sold)

 

SUNSET DREAMING - New 10"x10" Original Oil on Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 8/21/15.  (Sold 8/22/15 - Nashville, Tenn.)

RIO CHAMA - Prints, greeting cards....

RIO CHAMA - From an original oil painting - this image is now available for purchase as prints, greeting cards and other related items - you are invited to visit my new website at Fine Art America.

INTO THE LIGHT - New print and greeting cards

INTO THE LIGHT - Now available as prints in various sizes, greeting cards and other related items at Fine Art America.

PUESTA DEL SOL - 40"x40" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 1915 - PUESTA DEL SOL - 40"x40" Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Color Notes:  All colors blocked in mixing oils with Grumbacher MG Underpainting White and Distilled Turpentine.  Foreground:  Yellow Ochre and Cobalt Blue.  Trees:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, some Burnt Sienna and Cobalt Blue.  Darker Sky:  Dioxazine Purple, Cobalt Blue, some Cadmium Red and Thalo Red Rose.  Lighter sky:  Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Thalo Red Rose.  Grayer areas:  Lighter sky colors mixed with Davy's Grey - a "dirty brush".  Blue Sky:  Cerulean Blue and MG White. It has been very humid lately due to heavy rains - this underpainting needs to dry for about a week to ten days before I go into it with oil painting medium which contains some turpentine.

PUESTA DEL SOL - 40"40" WORK IN PROGRESS (Sketch)

Studio No. 1915 - PUESTA DEL SOL - Work in Progress - Sketch (cartoon) blocked in on a "toned ground" - Gesso mixed with Payne's Grey.  Sketched in trees with Burnt Sienna mixed with Distilled Turpentine.